Hartcliffe Rocks Quarry

Felton, Winford, North Somerset, England, UK

A former aggregate quarry cutting into carboniferous limestone, which also produced a range of mineral specimens.

The site has been a SSSI since 1991.

Specimens of baryte, calcite, various iron ores and quartz have been found at the site. Sometimes, the site produces the quartz known locally as ‘bristol Diamonds’.

The Scottish Geology Trust has a good writeup of the site, which is linked below.

 

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